Philipp Grosswiler
Kafka Engineer at Swiss Post
Küttigen, Aargau, Switzerland
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Top SchoolPhilipp Grosswiler is a Kafka Engineer with 12+ years of backend and mobile engineering experience, currently building event-driven systems at Swiss Post. He specializes in Go and Python services, PostgreSQL/MySQL schema design, and Kafka with Protobuf, and has production CI/CD deployments on Google and Alibaba Cloud. His background spans tech lead and senior engineer roles across fintech and marketplace platforms, plus early-stage startup ownership where he handled full-stack, ops and network responsibilities. An active open-source contributor, he improved Capacitor’s cross-platform splash screen behavior for both iOS and Android—showing a blend of systems thinking and mobile polish. Philipp holds a CAS in Blockchain and a bachelor’s in informatics, and brings an INFJ-style focus on pragmatic, human-centered solutions.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Informatiker, Information Technology, Informatiker, Information Technology at TBZ Technische Berufsschule ZürichCertificate of Advanced Studies, Blockchain, Certificate of Advanced Studies, Blockchain at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
English, German, German
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Github Skills (12)
mobile10
javas10
swift10
ios10
capacitor10
mobile-development10
android10
java10
javascript4
css4
html4
pwapp4
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ionic-team/capacitor
Jun 2019 - Dec 2019
Build cross-platform Native Progressive Web Apps for iOS, Android, and the Web ⚡️
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:5 commits, 9 PRs, 8 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Philipp primarily focused on enhancing the splash screen functionality for both Android and iOS platforms within the Capacitor framework. Their contributions include adding support for spinners (customization and control), background colors, and general improvements to the splash screen's appearance and behavior. Furthermore, the user made code refinements and fixes to address reported issues. The modifications involved changes in both Swift (iOS) and Java (Android) codebases.
ios-androidpwaiosmobilecss
trancee/jsapi-scraper
Feb 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:213 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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